The current Federal Firearms and Excise Tax (FAET) is 11 percent, added to the sales tax in each state. So, what is the magic tax number that will afford us the protection we seek from the mentally ill and criminals shooting guns? Twenty percent? Thirty percent? Forty percent?

Taxing ammunition heavily will not stop crime or cut gun violence any more than tobacco taxes have stopped people from smoking. Do you really think a lunatic or sociopath is thinking: “Bummer, no more bullets for me. Prices are just too darn high.”

If anyone believes this, I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.

Higher taxes will only provide a cash cow for a government that has failed to enforce existing laws, then makes you think that the money is working to your benefit. One only has to look toward unenforced immigration laws and the mismanagement of Social Security funds.

The only ones affected by new ammunition taxes would be law-abiding citizens who enjoy hunting and sport shooting, period!